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Google just showed off its new prototype of how third-party app stores will look.

[Image: App stores will now appear alongside apps in search. Previously, they didn’t. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/google-app-store-third-party-epic-compliance.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] The company’s lawyers are telling the judge in Epic Games v. Google that developers need around 10 more days to make the fixes he ordered. Judge Donato was not happy with the original way it looked, calling out Google for adding unnecessary “anticompetitive friction”.

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Meta’s smart glasses are now prohibited for ICE staffers.

The glasses “could unintentionally capture, record or transmit sensitive information, potentially compromising privacy and legal protections,” ICE acting director David Venturella said in a memo to staff, according to The New York Times. Staffers can’t wear the glasses in the “federal workspace.” [Link: ICE Bars Its Workers From Wearing Meta’s Smart Glasses on the Job | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/technology/ice-meta-smart-glasses.html | The New York Times]

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Epic calls Apple’s new EU rates “junk fees.”

The company responded to Apple’s new App Store policies in a post on X, claiming the updated fees “do nothing to open up the mobile app ecosystem to competition” and “deliberately violate” the EU’s Digital Markets Act. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/epic-response-apple-eu.png?quality=90&strip=all]

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Yes, he’s still a dummy.

File this under “Brendan Carr is a dummy” part… well, who knows at this point. (Buy the official Verge t-shirt!) The FCC said in response to today’s First Amendment lawsuit that ABC has conducted an “ongoing campaign of disinformation.” It would be funny were it not so sad, considering the suit clearly lays out all of the constitutionally problematic public statements from Trump and Carr. [Link: Disney and ABC sue FCC, seeking to stop early license renewal process | https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/abc-disney-sues-fcc-trump-administration-first-amendment-rcna593088 | NBC News]

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Even America’s beloved national parks have Flock cameras.

We go to them to commune with our ancestors. To get away from the ever-present eyes and noise of daily life. To appreciate the bounty of beauty and peace that nature has to offer. Now some of these places have Flock surveillance. [Link: The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed | https://www.404media.co/the-national-park-service-is-using-flock-rangers-are-pissed/ | 404 Media]

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Meta faces a kids safety trial that could cost it hundreds of billions of dollars.

Beginning at 11 AM Eastern, you can stream opening arguments in a trial where 29 attorneys general allege Meta harmed consumers through addictive design. Meta denies this, and warned damages could reach $1.4 trillion — nearing its market cap. The AGs say they’d likely be closer to $200 billion. [Link: US District Court Northern District of California Livestream | https://www.youtube.com/@USDCCAND/live | YouTube]

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The UK prime minister isn’t above phishing training.

Andy Burnham exchanged messages with somebody posing as White House chief of staff Susie Wiles (whose phone was hacked last year) before becoming suspicious that the contact was an impersonation, Politico reports. The incident has since been reported to the White House, and the undisclosed message contents are reportedly “of no significance.” [Link: Burnham exchanged messages with impersonator of top Trump aide | https://www.politico.eu/article/andy-burnham-messages-impersonator-top-trump-aide-susie-wiles/ | Politico]